I think I've figured out why MSNBC is down in the ratings lately...

[JeffHead]

Every commercial break they play an ad featuring Ted "Canadian" Cruz or Rand friggin Paul calling for abolishing the IRS.
I don't know about you but, it's a real turn off for me. Right wing propaganda sandwiched in between somewhat liberal shows is just not getting it done for me.
Just a thought.

[DURHAM D]

1. Yep. I just turned off Rachel for that reason.

I have had enough.

It isn't just that they are running the ads - IT IS BECAUSE THEY ARE BIG FAT LIES.

Doesn't MSNBC have any responsibility here?

[HiPointDem]

2. kr

[mimi85]

3. They don't choose

what commercials run when. I used to work in cable advertising and clients purchased packages for different channels or requested certain events. Shark Week was always big. So it's not the channel that chooses the spots.

[zbdent]

4. That's how they get around supporting Rush Limbaugh without "supporting Rush Limbaugh" ...

they claim "Oh, we bought a block of advertising, and we didn't know, nudge nudge, wink wink, that it would air during the R.L. show ..."

[Honeycombe8]

5. Not only that, but the Cruz commercial that just came on was at a louder sound level than the show

so I had to turn down the tv.

[Old Codger]

6. Me too

I turned all of them of because of that, get tired of listening to that pile of crap so just turn it off completely.. Too bad since that was the last good stuff at least Rachel was hedges is a little too much for me..

[ladym55]

7. They don't get to choose their advertisers

Stephanie Miller is always pointing that out. Proponents of Prop 8 in 2008 were advertising on her show in LA and really irritating her progressive and LGBT supportive listeners.

When I see idiot Ted Cruz on MSNBC I like to think that whoever is fronting the tool is wasting his money on an unreceptive audience.

[senseandsensibility]

8. Here on DISH network MSNBC every other commercial is for WalMart

and what a great employer they are and how they buy from local farmers. I do appreciate the ads for the Post Office union, however.

[Cleita]

9. Because they are only covering what the executive offices are deeming acceptable

to cover. I have been watching Current TV mostly because they cover what's really going on, Michael Shure, Cenk Uygar, John Fugelsang and even Joy Behar, who makes me laugh. It's too bad they are going to be gone in less than a couple of months. Although if you hate the commercials on MSNBC, Current's aren't much better.

[doc03]

10. Because their programing sucks n/t